Louisville Football PFF Grades After Week 1 Game Against Austin Peay

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The first week of the 2024 season couldn’t have gone much better for the Louisville football program.

The Cardinals routed FCS rival Austin Peay 62-0 to begin the first year of the Jeff Brohm era, outgaining the Governors 571 yards to 106. It was Louisville’s biggest win since beating FIU 72-0 on Sept. 21, 2013, and the Cardinals’ eighth-largest non-consecutive win in program history.

How well did Louisville’s players fare in such a dominant performance on analytics site Pro Football Focus? Below are all of the individual offensive and defensive grades from their Week 1 matchup with Austin Peay:

As a reminder, on PFF’s grading scale, 60.0 is the starting point for an “average” grade. 70.0-79.9 is considered above average, 80.0-89.9 is good, while 90.0 and above is elite. On the opposite end of the spectrum, 59.9-50.0 is below average, 49.9-40.0 is considered poor, while 39.9 and below is very poor.

*Bold indicates beginning
*Key: Rating (number of pulls)

1. HB Duke Watson — 91.9 (8)
2. HB Isaac Brown — 90.3 (10)
3. Quarterback Tyler Shough — 87.2 (37)
4. TE Mark Redman — 84.7 (12)
5. WR Ja’Corey Brooks — 83.2 (30)
6. TE Jamari Johnson — 77.0 (13)
7. HR Keyjuan Brown — 76.2 (22)
8. Lieutenant Trevonte Sylvester — 74.2 (23)
9. WR Jadon Thompson – 72.2 (26)
10. LG Madden Sanker — 71.0 (20)
11. C Jimmy Williams III –70.6 (5)
12. RG Austin Collins — 69.9 (32)
13. RT Jonathan Mendoza – 69.4 (21)
14. WR Ahmari Huggins-Bruce — 69.2 (9)
15. C Victor Cutler — 68.8 (32)
16. RT Rasheed Miller — 68.4 (32)
17. C Pete Nygra — 67.8 (37)
18. WR Antonio Meeks – 66.4 (15)
19. C Fred Johnson — 66.3 (5)
20. Quarterback Travis Egan — 64.8 (1)
21. Running Maurice Turner — 64.5 (11)
22. Lieutenant Monroe Mills — 63.7 (35)
23. TE Izayah Cummings — 63.5 (9)
24. LG Michael Gonzalez — 60.7 (25)
25. WR Chris Bell — 60.4 (32)
26. WR Shaun Boykins Jr. — 60.1 (5)
27. WR Eli Adams — 60.1 (3)
28. TE Hamilton Adkins — 60.0 (1)
29. WR JoJo Stone — 60.0 (3)
30. WR Drew Allen — 60.0 (2)
31. Quarterback Sam Young — 60.0 (2)
32. Point guard Sam Vaulton — 60.0 (1)
33. Quarterback Brady Allen — 60.0 (2)
34. Quarterback Pierce Clarkson — 59.4 (7)
35. Quarterback Harrison Bailey — 59.2 (13)
36. Quarterback Deuce Adams — 58.8 (1)
37. WR Jahlil McClain — 58.1 (6)
38. TE Jaleel Skinner – 57.7 (10)
39. RT Makhete Gueye — 56.9 (5)
40. Center back Duane Martin — 56.9 (8)
41. WR Cataurus Hicks — 54.9 (19)
42. WR Jaedon King — 54.8 (13)
43. H. B. Donald Chaney Jr. — 54.7 (12)
44. RT Ellis McAdoo — 53.6 (5)
45. TE Dylan Mesman — 52.5 (4)
46. WR Kris Hughes — 51.9 (11)
47. Lieutenant Joe Crocker — 48.1 (10)
48. TE Nate Kurisky — 47.6 (13)
49. RG Renato Brown — 47.2 (25)
50. C. Ransom McDermott — 44.1 (5)

1. MLB TJ Capers — 91.6 (10)
2. DT Thor Griffith — 88.8 (19)
3. DE Ashton Gillotte — 87.6 (21)
4. S Destin Cheirs — 80.3 (3)
5. DT Rene Congo — 78.0 (21)
6. DT Saadiq Clements — 77.6 (7)
7. DT Player Jared Dawson — 77.5 (23)
8. Center Back Corey Thornton — 76.6 (40)
9. DT Dezmond Tell — 75.3 (17)
10. DE Ramon Puryear — 74.8 (26)
11. OLB Adonijah Zielony — 74.2 (23)
12. S Tamarion McDonald — 73.9 (28)
13. S. D’Angelo Hutchinson — 73.5 (30)
14. CB Tayon Holloway – 71.8 (15)
15. LB/S Benjamin Perry — 71.3 (28)
16. S Devin Neal — 70.6 (36)
17. Major League Baseball Player Dan Foster Jr. (18)
18. OLB Tramel Logan — 69.7 (18)
19. MLB Player Trent Carter — 67.5 (3)
20. DE Richard Kinley — 67.3 (16)
21. S MJ Griffin — 67.0 (25)
22. MLB Player MJ Campbell — 63.8 (1)
23. Center Fielder Jaden Minkins — 63.7 (5)
24. OLB Myles Jernigan — 63.3 (17)
25. MLB Player TJ Quinn — 63.2 (25)
26. MLB Player Stanquan Clark — 63.1 (22)
27. S. Eli Limouris — 62.8 (3)
28. Center fielder Quincy Riley — 62.5 (35)
29. Center Back/Defender Antonio Watts — 62.3 (28)
30. S Dakadrien Sander — 62.0 (3)
31. MLB Juriente Davis – 62.0 (19)
32. Center back Tahveon Nicholson — 60.9 (26)
33. S Rae’mon Mosby — 60.0 (1)
34. Center back Jathan Hatch – 60.0 (3)
35. MLB Player Jake Scianna — 60.0 (1)
36. DT Xavier Porter — 51.8 (3)
37. OLB Maurice Davis — 51.8 (3)
38. Player DT Williams Spencer — 45.6 (14)
39. Defender Micah Carter — 38.7 (3)

(Ramon Puryear Photo: Clare Grant – Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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